Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri Jail Beating Lawsuit Settled for Nearly $440K
Jul 13 2017 // A former inmate who alleged guards at a troubled jail in Kansas City, Mo., beat him so severely that he suffered nine broken ribs, fractured wrists and a collapsed lung has settled a lawsuit for $437,500. Jackson County...
One Call to Open Office in Springfield, Missouri
Jun 29 2017 // One Call Care Management (One Call), a provider of workers’ compensation care management services, is opening a new office in Springfield, Mo. One Call will begin operations in August 2017 in 31,512 square feet of an...
Missouri Plumbing Contractor Hit with $714K in Fines Over Trench Collapse
Jun 28 2017 // A month after a 33-year-old worker died while working in an unprotected trench, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found another employee of the same Missouri plumbing...
How States Rate in Preventing Home, Auto, Work Accidents
Jun 28 2017 // No state goes far enough to protect its residents from leading causes of preventable deaths and injuries – commonly known as “accidents” – on the road, in homes and communities and at work, according to the...
Missouri Judge OKs $1.5M Settlement in Brown Family Wrongful Death Suit
Jun 26 2017 // A federal judge in St. Louis on June 20 approved a $1.5 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Brown Sr. and Lezley McSpadden. Their 18-year-old son was unarmed on Aug. 9, 2014, when he was fatally...
Missouri Becomes 3rd State to Sue Opioid Manufacturers
Jun 23 2017 // Missouri on June 21 became the third U.S. state to accuse major drug manufacturers of fraudulently misrepresenting the risks of opioid painkillers now at the center of a national addiction epidemic. Missouri Attorney...
Ex-Missouri Insurance Director Joins Dentons Law Firm in Kansas City
Jun 22 2017 // The global law firm, Dentons, has named John M. Huff as a partner in its insurance regulatory practice. He is based in Kansas City. Huff most recently served as director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, where he...
J&J Seizes Supreme Court Ruling on Out-of-State Cases to Fight Talc Cancer Claims
Jun 22 2017 // Johnson & Johnson is seizing upon a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from Monday limiting where injury lawsuits can be filed to fight off claims it failed to warn women that talcum powder could cause ovarian cancer. New...
Confie Acquires Valetta and EZ in Arizona
Jun 21 2017 // Confie has acquired Arizona agencies Valletta Insurance in Phoenix and EZ Insurance in Tucson. Both Valletta and EZ are providers of non-standard auto insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Huntington Beach,...
Confie Adds Missouri Retail Insurance Locations
Jun 21 2017 // Confie, a California-based national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, has expanded its insurance agency presence in Missouri. Confie acquired the Rodney D. Young Insurance group’s Missouri retail...
Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds McGee in Missouri
Jun 21 2017 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of over 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, has hired Rikki McGee as an administrative specialist. In this position, McGee will maintain, expand...
Summers Joins Missouri’s Huffman Insurance Group
Jun 13 2017 // Huffman Insurance Group, based in Moberly, Mo., has hired Nathan Summers as its newest licensed insurance agent. Prior to joining Huffman Insurance Group, Summers worked at an insurance company as a multi-line agent. He...
Missouri Lawmakers Eliminate Funding for Sobriety Checkpoints
Jun 6 2017 // Missouri lawmakers effectively eliminated funding for sobriety checkpoints for the fiscal year that begins in July, a move by a core group of critical conservative Republicans that officials say could hinder or end the...
Missouri Floods Bring Federal Disaster Declaration
Jun 5 2017 // President Donald Trump has declared an emergency exists in Missouri because of spring flooding. Trump signed the declaration on June 2. It allows federal aid to be used to help state and local response efforts to flooding...
Bill Limiting Medical Costs in Injury Lawsuits Sent to Missouri Governor
May 15 2017 // Missouri lawmakers sent Gov. Eric Greitens a measure that would limit how much money people could receive for medical costs in injury lawsuits, the latest in a series of proposals that Republican supporters hope will make...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Lawsuit Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk
May 11 2017 // Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to raise the standard for employees to sue for discrimination over workers’ compensation claims. Senators voted 23-10 on May 8 to send the legislation to Republican Gov. Eric...
Missouri Jury Orders J&J to Pay $110M in Talc-Powder Trial
May 5 2017 // Johnson & Johnson on May 4 was ordered by a Missouri jury to pay over $110 million to a Virginia woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after decades of using of its talc-based products for feminine hygiene. The...
Midwest Flood Crisis Remains as Officials Warn of Floodwater Risks
May 5 2017 // River levels fell on May 4 after record and near-record flooding in parts of the Midwest, but the crisis is far from over. Officials have not said when hundreds of residents displaced from flooded properties in suburban...
Canadian Claims Management Firm, SCM, Acquires Nixon & Co. in Missouri
May 4 2017 // Canada-based SCM Insurance Services has expanded into the United States by acquiring claims adjusting and investigations firm, Nixon & Company Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded more than 40 years ago,...
Farmer: 32 Cows Killed in Missouri Lightning Strike a $60K Loss
May 4 2017 // A farmer in southern Missouri says he discovered more than 30 of his cows were dead after lightning struck his property. The Springfield News-Leader reports dairy farmer Jared Blackwelder discovered the dead cows Saturday....
